Topics:
1. Osteoporosis
Evaluate screening recommendations and apply them to everyday practice
Utilize therapies that include bisphosphonates, PTH and inhibitors of the RANK/RANKL/OPG system
Review the current controversies and clinical studies regarding Vitamin D
Better advise patients on calcium supplementation
2. MCI and Alzheimer's Disease
Define Mild Cognitive Impairment in both amnestic and non-amnestic disease states
Understand the potential implications of an early diagnosis of dementia for patient care outcomes
Describe the clinical manifestations of Alzheimer's disease
Evaluate patients for symptoms of cognitive and functional loss
Apply appropriate drug and non-drug interventions for patients with dementia
Counsel families and caregivers at all stages of a disease
3. To Sleep: Perchance to Dream
Describe the age-related changes in sleep
Evaluate the psychiatric, medical, and neurological causes of sleep problems
Implement office-based and objective methods for evaluating sleep-disordered breathing
Intervene with appropriate treatments for complaints of insomnia including CBTI as first-line guideline-directed care.
4. Management of Constipation
Understand the common barriers that hinder the optimal management of chronic constipation in health care settings
Define primary as well as secondary causes of hypertension in the older adult
Provide a rational strategy to manage constipation based on the current best evidence of the drug classes currently available
5. Where Pain Management Meets Addiction Medicine
Understand the pathogenesis of pain
Apply recent guidelines in pain management including calculations for Morphine Milligram Equivalent Units
Choose appropriate drug therapy and multimodal interventions for the relief of pain
Consider the metabolic breakdown of different narcotics and their contribution to serotonin syndrome
Employ newer tools to determine the potential for opioid dependence
6. Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly
Evaluate current trends in pulmonary disease in the elderly
Review current immunization guidelines and supportive therapy
Include new therapies like LAMA/LABA combination inhalers and roflumilast in the management of COPD
Implement the appropriate use of nebulizers, MDIs and oxygen
Apply guideline-directed care to patients with COPD
7. Nutritional Supplements: When East meets West
Understand that adequate nutrition is a prerequisite for the maintenance of good health and optimum efficiency
Find the on-line resources that provide the best evidence in support of dietary and nutritional supplements
Identify targeted supplements for heart disease, vision, depression/mood, and urologic disorders
Council patients on the risks of certain therapies in the presence of another disease
Improve your working knowledge of the Mediterranean diet